Dora's cook book

Season apple sauce with butter, sugar and spice ; make a nice shortcake open and butter it and put the apple sauce in layers. Serve with sweetened cream. CORN ROLLS. To a light quart of meal mix one teaspoonful of soda, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one pint of fresh buttermilk. Bake in a moderate oven. PROVERBS. One cup rich milk, one egg, two cups flour, one teaspoonful baking powder, a little salt; beat together thoroughly, fill buttered cups half full and bake in a hot oven. CEREALINE MUFFINS, “ BOSTON STYLE.” One pint of cerealine, a little salt, one tablespoonful of lard, one-and-one-fourth pints of milk, one-and-threefourth pints of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two eggs, one tablespoonful of sugar. Sift the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together ; rub in the lard cold ; add the eggs, well beaten, cerealine and milk ; mix intoa rather firm batter ; the muffins’ rings should be cold and well greased ; fill two-thirds full and bake in a hot oven. SCOTCH SHORT-BREAD. Two pounds flour, one pound best butter, one-half’ pound powdered sugar. Chop the flour and butter together, having made the butter quite soft by setting it near the fire. Knead in the sugar, roll into a sheet half an inch thick and cut in shapes with the cake cutter. Bake upon buttered paper in a shallow tin until crisp, and of a delicate yellowish brown. GRANDPA’S FAVORITES. One quart of milk, two cups stale bread crumbs, one good handful of flour, one tablespoonful melted butter, three eggs, one teaspoonful salt. Work the bread and milk smooth, stir in the butter and eggs, then the salt, lastly just enough flour to bind the mixture. If too thick, add milk. These are good. Take care not to have them stick to the griddle. HOMINY MUFFINS. Two cups fine hominy boiled and cold, three eggs, three cups sour milk, one half cup melted butter, two teaspoonfuls salt, two tablespoonfuls white sugar, one large cup flour, one teaspoonful soda. Beat the hominy smooth, stir in the milk, then the butter, salt and sugar; next the egos, which should first be well beaten, then the soda, dissolved in hot water ; lastly the flour. OATMEAL MUFFINS. One cup oatmeal, one and one half pints flour, one teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder, one tablespoonful of lard, two eggs, one pint milk, Sift together oatmeal, flour, salt and powder ; rub in lard cold, add beaten eggs and milk; mix smoothly into batter, rather thinner than cup cake; fill muffin pans and bake in good hot oven fifteen minutes. 4je JOHNNIE CAKE, One cup sweet milk, one cup buttermilk, one tablespoonful of salt, one teaspoonful soda, one tablespoonful melted butter, enough meal to enable you to roll itintoa ~ BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. 127 sheet half an inch thick. Spread upona buttered tin and bake forty minutes. As soon as it begins to brown baste it with a rag tied to a stick and dipped in melted butter. Repeat this five or six times until it is brown and crisp. BAKING POWDER. Sixteen ounces of corn starch, eight ounces of bicarbonate of soda, five ounces tartaric acid ; mix thoroughly. BAKING POWDER. Two parts pure cream of tartar, one part of bicarbonate of soda, one part corn starch. CREAM CRACKNELS.